Lakes
- Lake Superior 47°45′N 87°30′W / 47.75°N 87.5°W / 47.75; -87.5 (Lake Superior) — most voluminous lake at 2,800 cubic miles (11,600 km3)
- Lake Michigan–Huron 45°49′N 84°45′W / 45.817°N 84.75°W / 45.817; -84.75 (Lake Michigan–Huron) — most extensive lake and the most extensive fresh water lake on Earth at 45,445 square miles (117,702 km2)
- Great Salt Lake, Utah 31°10′N 112°35′W / 31.167°N 112.583°W / 31.167; -112.583 (Great Salt Lake) — most extensive endorheic lake at 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2)
- Crater Lake, Oregon 42°57′N 122°5′W / 42.95°N 122.083°W / 42.95; -122.083 (Deepest point in Crater Lake) — deepest lake at 1,943 feet (593 m)
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Famous quotes containing the word lakes:
“The Indian navigator naturally distinguishes by a name those parts of a stream where he has encountered quick water and forks, and again, the lakes and smooth water where he can rest his weary arms, since those are the most interesting and more arable parts to him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“No doubt, the short distance to which you can see in the woods, and the general twilight, would at length react on the inhabitants, and make them savages. The lakes also reveal the mountains, and give ample scope and range to our thought.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. Let our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea, where “still the shore” a “brave attempt resounds.””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)